Poynter Online's Links to the News column compiles Web resources on current and previous news topics. This page links to Web pages about anonymous sources.
Various Resources Survey shows many newspapers never permit use of anonymous sources(AP/APME, June 2005)http://www.apme.com/news/2005/060805anonymous.shtmlAPME Survey: More Than Half Of Readers Don't Mind Anonymous Sources (Editor & Publisher, June 17, 2005)http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Seduction of Secrecy: A Discussion of Anonymous Sources(Symposium at the National Press Club, March 17, 2005)http://www.cjog.net/yesterday_seduction_of_secrecy_a_di.htmlUnnamed sources: essential or overused?(Christian Science Monitor, August 12, 2004)http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0812/p03s01-usju.htmlScandals Require a Focus on Credibility(Jeannine Guttman, Portland Press Herald, March 28, 2004) http://www.pressherald.com/insight/guttman/040328final0328edn.shtml Washington Confidential:The Washington Post Declares War on Anonymice(Jack Shafer, Slate, March 8, 2004) http://slate.msn.com/id/2096817/ The Guidelines We Use to Report the News(Leonard Downie Jr., Washington Post, March 7, 2004) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35470-2004Mar6?language=printer Says Who? (On the Media, March 5, 2004) http://www.wnyc.org/onthemedia/transcripts/transcripts_030504_sayswho.html Confidential News Sources(New York Times, February 25, 2004)http://www.nytco.com/company-properties-times-sources.html'Wash. Post' Issues New Rules for Sources, Quotes(Joe Strupp, Editor & Publisher, February 19, 2004) http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2094859/Compendium of News Organizations' Policies on Anonymous Sources(ASNE, May 20, 2003) http://www.asne.org/index.cfm?id=4694New York Times Code of Conduct for the News & Editorial Departments(Posted on Poynter Online, January 2003) http://www.poynterextra.org/extra/ethics.pdfAnonymous Sources, Slippery Slopes(CJR, May/June 1999)http://www.cjr.org/archives.asp?url=/99/3/essay/Lurking in the Shadows(PBS Online NewsHour, September 30, 1998) http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/july-dec98/sources_9-30.html Anonymous Sources (AJR, December 1994)http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=1596
Poynter Online Readers: Anonymous Sources Affect Media Credibility(Ryan Pitts, June 17, 2005)http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=83897Between Apology and Retraction(Scott Libin, May 16, 2005)http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=82502Questions to Ask Before Going 'Off the Record'(Kelly McBride, Sept. 2, 2004)http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=70904Anonymous Sources (Joe Davidson, August 12, 2004)http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=69848Anonymous in the Midwest(Geneva Overholser, July 23, 2004)http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=54&aid=68828A Challenge to Washington Bureau Chiefs(Geneva Overholser, June 28, 2004)http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=54&aid=67709Recasting the Anonymous Source as 'Exceptional Event'(Bill Mitchell, June 21, 2004)http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=67304"Private" Scolding? Not On 1A(Geneva Overholser, May 6, 2004)http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=54&aid=65330"... According to One Gutless Critic"(Geneva Overholser, April 15, 2004)http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=54&aid=64130 Creative Uses of Anonymity(Geneva Overholser, April 7, 2004) http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=54&aid=63650More Anonymous Watch(Geneva Overholser, March 31, 2004) http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=54&aid=63299Quote Abusers Anonymous(Geneva Overholser, March 25, 2004) http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=54&aid=63053 So THAT'S Why He Didn't Want to Be Named!(Geneva Overholser, March 4, 2004) http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=54&aid=61973Beyond the Beltway: The Washington Post's New Policies Affect Newsrooms Across the U.S.(Kelly McBride, February 20, 2004) http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=53&aid=61274The Washington Post's Policies on Sources, Quotations, Attribution, and Datelines(February 20, 2004) http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=53&aid=61244Reporter's Privilege and the Novak Case(Geneva Overholser, February 12, 2004) http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=54&aid=60845Back in the Newsroom: What We Did(Jeannine Guttman, December 3, 2003) http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=56345Report: Journalism Without Scandal(Various Sources, July 17, 2003) http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=41405Attribution: Discussion & Debate (Various Sources, July 17, 2003)http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=41435Anonymity: Father of Many a Sin(Geneva Overholser, May 29, 2003) http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=54&aid=35657 Links to additional Poynter Online resources are posted below.
